Getting Closer...
Finally it seems as though the Good-Wil Season 2 events are shaping up! Last season we managed to prove our concept that a cultural social enterprise could work in this region. People everywhere in the Fitchburg and Leominster areas know and recognize the Good-Wil brand (even if they don't yet know what it means), and I am regularly in the media.
We have convened the Season 2 Partnership Advisory Board and had our first regular meeting last week. It was very well attended and the board approved of nearly all my ideas about how to move the organization from its developmental 1st season into a great organization with nearly 20 new cultural events between now and June 2010. Brunches, fundraisers, concerts, street fair, swing ball, television series, new website, internet radio, and a new storefront!
We are still accepting new volunteers for the season as well as new members to the Partnership Advisory Board (PAB). There are currently about 35 members of the PAB, and if you think you'd like to contribute your ideas, please feel free to come to any meeting; they're open to all. Bring your own ideas or contribute your opinions to our discussions. Just come to one meeting if you can and enjoy the group.
The PAB is structured as follows: Every meeting is attended by members of the Exec Committee and a representative from each of the 5 nonprofits with whom we are partnering this season [Habitat for Humanity, The ROSE Project, MOC, Warmer Winters, & The Ryan Joubert Skatepark]. Our Community PAB members (local business persons, politicians, citizens, etc) are asked to attend a minimum of only 4 meetings during the season. They may come more often than that if they wish, but we only require 4. But if you just want to stop by and see what we're up to, feel free to drop on in!
The regular meeting schedule is as follows:
Oct 8 (extra meeting needed this month for opening weekend preparations)
Oct 15
Nov 12
Dec 10 (held one week earlier than usual due to the holidays)
Jan 14, 2010
Feb 18
Mar 18
Apr 15
May 13
June 17
The meetings take place in the Woodblock Conference Room, through the rear entrance of 14 Monument Square in Leominster. Meetings are at 6pm and we try to wrap them up within 90 minutes. It is a very well-functioning board with good energy and we have a great time. Hope to see you at the next meeting! The Good-Wil Season 2 events are likely to start on October 16 (official announcement coming soon).
We have convened the Season 2 Partnership Advisory Board and had our first regular meeting last week. It was very well attended and the board approved of nearly all my ideas about how to move the organization from its developmental 1st season into a great organization with nearly 20 new cultural events between now and June 2010. Brunches, fundraisers, concerts, street fair, swing ball, television series, new website, internet radio, and a new storefront!
We are still accepting new volunteers for the season as well as new members to the Partnership Advisory Board (PAB). There are currently about 35 members of the PAB, and if you think you'd like to contribute your ideas, please feel free to come to any meeting; they're open to all. Bring your own ideas or contribute your opinions to our discussions. Just come to one meeting if you can and enjoy the group.
The PAB is structured as follows: Every meeting is attended by members of the Exec Committee and a representative from each of the 5 nonprofits with whom we are partnering this season [Habitat for Humanity, The ROSE Project, MOC, Warmer Winters, & The Ryan Joubert Skatepark]. Our Community PAB members (local business persons, politicians, citizens, etc) are asked to attend a minimum of only 4 meetings during the season. They may come more often than that if they wish, but we only require 4. But if you just want to stop by and see what we're up to, feel free to drop on in!
The regular meeting schedule is as follows:
Oct 8 (extra meeting needed this month for opening weekend preparations)
Oct 15
Nov 12
Dec 10 (held one week earlier than usual due to the holidays)
Jan 14, 2010
Feb 18
Mar 18
Apr 15
May 13
June 17
The meetings take place in the Woodblock Conference Room, through the rear entrance of 14 Monument Square in Leominster. Meetings are at 6pm and we try to wrap them up within 90 minutes. It is a very well-functioning board with good energy and we have a great time. Hope to see you at the next meeting! The Good-Wil Season 2 events are likely to start on October 16 (official announcement coming soon).